<p>I'm trying to decide between UCLA and UCB for CS. </p>
<p>I applied for L&S at UCB and got in, but I've heard that it's hard to get the CS major that way. I've also heard that the major is now unimpacted, and I'm not sure which one of these two rumors is true. For UCLA, on the other hand, I already got into the major I wanted, so I don't need to worry about applying to a major.</p>
<p>Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!</p>
<p>of course cal.</p>
<p>Haha, looks like I should’ve cross-posted this…</p>
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That is correct, CS is not impacted as of right now.</p>
<p>(doesn’t mean it will stay like that forever… I personally hope it doesn’t get impacted again.)
Take a look at this
[Computer</a> science degrees rebound from dotcom bust - Ars Technica](<a href=“Computer science degrees rebound from dotcom bust - Ars Technica”>Computer science degrees rebound from dotcom bust - Ars Technica)</p>
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The advantage of coming in as undeclared in the L&S college is that you can always change your mind should you decide CS is not for you =)</p>
<p>CS at Cal is easily more prestigious than UCLA, so in that regards it’s an easy comparison. If for some reason CS does become impacted, I don’t believe it would be that competitive to get in. As long as you got B’s or higher on all your pre-reqs (very manage-able), you should do fine!</p>
<p>I was in the exact same situation, but have already decided on berkeley. A few years ago, the GPA requirement to get into CS L&S was ~a 3.5 or 3.0. But they recently realized that this was arbitrarily high, and changed it to a 2.0 (<a href=“http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/csugrad/[/url]):”>http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/csugrad/):</a> “All students can apply to this major once they have have completed all technical prerequisites with a gpa of 2.0 or above. All upper division courses applied toward the major, must also be completed with a technical gpa of 2.0 or above.”</p>
<p>The odds of them changing the GPA requirement back are slim, but it is possible. I am waiting on an email from the CS advisor on this issue, so I can post here again once I get a reply (if you want). But independent of the gpa requirement, majoring in CS may not be the best idea if you get <3.0 in the intro CS classes (so I wouldn’t worry too much about this requirement).</p>
<p>As far as rank goes, the graduate berkeley CS program is ranked #1 and the graduate ucla program is #13, according to usnews ([Search</a> - Computer Science - Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/com/search]Search”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/com/search)). (usnews doesn’t rank undergrad cs)</p>